Overview
We are looking for an ambitious, dynamic, motivated, compassionate and enthusiastic Band 5 nurse to join our Community Nursing team in Beds. The post is to join Mid Beds Community Nursing Team, who deliver responsive high quality nursing to patients. We are passionate about patient centred care, support our nurses to lead and deliver excellent and compassionate nursing and value our clinical teams as the real heart of the NHS. You will work closely with other members of the MDT to deliver care to patients with complex needs. The Trust aims to recruit and retain the best possible staff, who will make a positive contribution to the service. If you want a career which brings a new challenge every day, gives you the opportunity to test your ability to think quickly, solve problems, assess and treat patients within the place they call home, then Community Nursing could be the team for you.
Responsibilities
* Work as an autonomous practitioner to provide nursing care to patients in their own home.
* The post holder will be responsible for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of individualised nursing care in a range of settings.
* The post holder will provide health education to enable patients to self-manage, and achieve optimum independence following deterioration or a period of ill health.
* The post holder is a member of the integrated locality nursing team where this is in existence.
* To participate in the training of students, the induction of new staff and others that have contact with our services.
* The post holder will be required to support the senior nursing team in the maintenance of efficient and effective delivery of services.
* The post holder may be required to take responsibility for the team and caseload in the absence of senior staff.
* Use a broad range of nursing knowledge, interventions and skills, to prevent, where possible and avoid hospital admission.
* Develop good communication links with patients and carers and joint working with other services across professional and organisational boundaries in order to provide a patient-centred, holistic and seamless service.
The post holder will be required to travel throughout the service area according to the needs of the service (e.g. Bedfordshire). The service operates between 08.00 to 21.00 hours and successful candidates will work a variety of shifts, including weekends, evenings and bank holidays. Car driver and access to a car in order to carry out service duties is essential. Post is permanent / full-time.
Additional Information
Making Things Better: Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we offer opportunities for staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
Our Five Year Strategy (launched April 2018) identifies four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy.
Our Community: We provide a wide range of community health and mental health services to children, young people, adults of working age and older adults in several areas. We provide services in urban and rural settings, mainly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High: We have been rated Outstanding by the CQC and continue to strive for excellence. We are recognised for our people-focused culture and are committed to diversity and inclusion.
Staff and Service Users United: We strive to ensure that staff feel valued and that service users are central to our work. We are a clinician-led Trust that values service user involvement and inclusivity. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
Diversity: ELFT is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce reflects the populations we serve. We promote fair, inclusive practices and support staff networks to help, nurture and celebrate our staff in the workplace.
Other reasons to apply: We support flexible working arrangements (e.g., job share, part-time), subject to role requirements. The Trust may offer relocation assistance up to £10,000 (terms and conditions apply).
ELFT has a long-standing reputation for excellence in mental and physical health care and improvement. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive.
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